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US attorney general to visit Gulf Coast Tuesday
31 May 2010 19:44:15 GMT
Source: Reuters
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WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will survey the damage from the Gulf Coast oil spill on Tuesday and meet with federal prosecutors and state attorneys general, the Justice Department said on Monday.
It will be Holder’s first trip to survey the damage before what legal experts believe will be a criminal investigation into the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion last month that killed 11 workers and led to the gushing oil spill.
Holder has said the Justice Department was looking into whether there was any “malfeasance” related to the oil spill and that his department was monitoring the situation to ensure those responsible pay for the damage and cleanup.
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